The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-04

/ VNsptt AiuAseNY WONAN Hae htAS0Ai wv WV
, home, and heart and sympathy, and N
der the bensdictios and perpetual pres
. ence Of q Christian minister
/ But I remark again, the religious dis
course Of yIs future viii be an awaken
ing sermon. From altar-rail 10 the front
doorstep under that sermon an audi
snce will get DIP and start for heaven.
There will be In II many o staccato pas
sage. It will not be a lullaby; it will be a
battle charge. Men will drop their sins,
for they will feel the hot breath OF pur.
suing retribution on the back OF their
necks It will be sympathetic owith all
the physical distresses OF the worl l..
Christ not only preached but he heal ed
paralysis, and he healed epilepsy, an he
healed the dumb and the blind and ten
lepers.
| That religious discourse Of the futurs
will DO an every day sermon, going right
down into every mans life, aud 10 VIII
teach him how TO vote, how to bar gain.
how TO plow, how to do any work
he il called To, how TO WELD trowSl aud
pen and pencil and yardstick and
| plane. And il will teach women how to
| preside over their households. and how
| to educate their children, an how To inn.
tatc Miriam and Esther and V0sHti md
| Eunicc, the mother OF Tim nthv, and Mrrv,
1 lllt HpltCI VI N.ll ~ dltt 'ttN' WYNN ~
| who on Northern and Southcrn battle
! fields were mistaken By tn wounded for
angels of mrrcy fresh from the throne OF
| ODD,
Yes. have to tell YOU the religious diS-
| course of the future will be a rnpart'i
| sermon. II you hav, any idrl that prin'.
ing was invented simply to print secular
books, and sterogra ply and phi onorrJphv
III IN, 10 f. fN+th
lar Ideas you are mistaken. The prt1t-
ing press ia to be the great agency Of
gospel proclamation. 1t is Lith time
that good men, instead Of dauNur"i1v
the press. employ it TO scatter forth lhn
Gospel Of Jesus Cnri5t Thr wat mai -.
itv Of people in oar cities do not como to
church, and nothing bat the printed 'rr
mon can reach them AID ell th'm N
pardon, aud life, and peace, II He Ven.
so can not u sdarstlnd the nervousness
OF some Of our brethren Of ~" ministry.
When they see newspaper nan coming
In they say;
"Alas, there IL q rIpNrtsr.
Every aided reporter ia ten thousand,
Fifty thousand, one hundred thausIHd i'm.
mortal souls added to the All litorv. The
Tina will come when all the vII'ay', tow
and city newspapers W | Reproduce the
dOSpel Ol Jesus HFlSt. ana S''i .ubIS
preached on the Sabbath will reverb rats
all around the world, and, some ly tyfe
and some by voice, all nations VIII be
evangelical.
The practical beiriIg OF this is upon
those who are engage IN Chris ian w3ri,
not only upon theological stuie1's al
young ministers, but upon MI who preach
the Gospel and all who "2hOrt in III nr;-
ings, and that 10 all Of you II y0n ar3
doing your duty. Do van exhort IN prav-
er.meetnEt Be short and 10 spirited pa
you teach In Bible -classl Though you havs
TO study every night, be int" stiny. Do
You acCost people on the subj ct Of rali:-
ion In their homes or in public p;aC'si
Study adroitness and the common sens.
The most graceful and most beautiful
thing on earth is The rn.i zion or sus
Christ, and If you awkwari'y present il,
1t is defamation. We mu7t do our work
rapidly, and we must do it effectively.
Soon our time for work will be gone.
A diving Christian TOOK out his watch
and gave it to friend and sail:
'Take that watch. / have no further
use for it; time Is eaded for me and etcr-
nifty begins"
o., nv friends, when our watch has
licked away for us the last moment, and
our clock has struck for us the last hour,
may It be found we did our work well:
that we did it In the very best way, and
whetherwe preached the Gospel in pulpits
or taught Sabbath classes, Or admin
istered to the sill "a physicians, or bar
gained as merchants, or plead thu law as
attorneys, or were busy as artisans, or as
husbandmcn, or as mechanics, or were
like Martha, Gale 10 give q mnal to a
hungry Christ, or like Ii t1nah,
to mako coat for a prophet,
or like Deborah, to rCus, the
courage Of some tim id b Irak in the L2ri's
conflict, we did our work in snch It Wv
that it will stand the test of the jldg
ment And IN the lor,I prOce ssioa Of tho
redeemed that march AROUND the throne,
may it be found there are many there,
brought TO God through orr instrument
tally, and in whose rescue we are eXut-
ant.
But, o you unsaved, walt not for that
religious discourse of the future. 1t may
come after your obscQuics. 1t may come
after the stone cutter has chiselel our
names on the slab, fifty years Def re. Do
not wait for great steamer Of
the Cunari or White Star lines to
take you off the wreck, but hail the
first craft with however low a mast, and
however small hulk, and however poor
4 rudder, and however weak CaDtaln.
Better o disabled schooner that comes up
in time than fnll-rigged brig that comes
up after you have sunken.
Instead of waiting 70" that religious
discourse of the future-it may b. forty,
fifty years off-tako this plain invitation
of a man who, to hive given you spiritual
ms ght, would be glad to be called the
spittle by the hand of Chrst put on the
eyes Of o blind man, and who would con.
slider the highosr com plimeHt of this
service, if at the close five hundre men
should start from these doOrs, saying:
"Whether he be sinner or no, know
not. This one thing ! know, whereas l
was bind now l see"
Swiftier than shadows over the plain,
quicker than birds in their autumnal
flight, hastier than eagles to their prey,
HE you to a sympathetic Christ. the
orchestras OF Heaven have already strung
their instruments to celebrate your res
cue.
And many were the volccs around the throne;
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own.
AN INDIAN CRGSUS.